Recorded May 23, 2020

This week, Nate and Ryan are joined by a very special guest, Dan Moren the author of the Galactic Cold War series. Inviting him in to the usual routine, they talk about their current gaming trends, and their favorite espionage and heist scenes from books, television and movies. As a truly Japanese experience, the three of them eat Hi-Chew and follow it with a Calpis chaser. For the main media of the week, seeing as they had the author himself, the three talk about Dan Moren's most recent book, The Aleph Extraction. Having cornered the author, Nate and Ryan used this opportunity to talk to Dan about his early influences, writing process, character development, world building, and how every space luxury yacht clearly has a closet full of capes.

Special Guest: Dan Moren

• Six Colors
• MacWorld
• Clockwise
• The Rebound
• Incomparable Game Show
• The Incomparable

What Dan and Ryan have been playing

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
• Sea of Thieves - Amazon.com
• Final Fantasy VII Remake - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
• Abzu - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
• Sayonara Wild Hearts - Amazon.com

Pick 2: Espionage or Heist Scenes

• Dan: Sneakers
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
• Ryan: Leverage (season 1)
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
• Nate: The Hunt for Red October
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
• Dan: The Sandbaggers (entire series)
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
• Ryan: Die Hard With a Vengeance
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
• Nate: Mission: Impossible (season 1)
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
• Other picks
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Mission: Impossible (1996) - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Inside Man - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • The Next Three Days - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Three Days of the Condor - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Our Man Bashir (sorry, used the wrong title in the episode) - Memory Alpha
  • Oceans 11 - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • The Italian Job - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Rouge One - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Mistborn Series - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • The Lies of Locke Lamora - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Defending Jacob - Apple TV
  • Rizzoli & Isles - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Arrow - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Fringe - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp

Taste of Japan

• Hi-Chew
• Calpis (Japanese site)

The Aleph Extraction

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp
• The Incomparable 514: You Can't Pants a Heist - The episode where Dan talks to Jason about the publication of The Aleph Extraction
• My Hill to Die On 9: Second First Book of a Series - The episode where Ryan and Nate discussed The Bayern Agenda

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